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Crabb, John Stuart Lawson Married Frances (née ...).	13.03.1915 Esher, Surrey - 01.06.1988	Cadet 01.05.1932 Midsh. 01.01.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1935 S.Lt. 16.01.1936 Lt. 16.04.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1946 Cdr. 30.06.1951 (retd 13.05.1958)	06.1932 - (07.1934) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1935 - 05.01.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.01.1936 - (02.)1936 promotion course, Portsmouth 08.08.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 07.06.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean & Portsmouth) (08.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm ? - 24.09.1940 observer, 814 Squadron FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)] [aircraft shot down after a bombing raid on warships in Dakar harbour] 24.09.1940 - (02.1943?) POW in French captivity 23.04.1943 - (06.1944) instructional staff, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (10.1944) 814 Squadron FAA * 04.1945 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, 846 Squadron FAA ** 09.02.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) 20.09.1948 - (05.1949) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties) (05.1950) no appointment listed 18.02.1953 - (05.1953) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (04.1955) NATO * 12.05.1955 - 08.06.1955 HMAS Lonsdale (for passage to Australia per SS Himalaya) [on loan to RAN] 09.06.1955 - 30.09.1957 Director of Naval Air Warfare Organisation and Training, Navy Office [HMAS Lonsdale] [on loan to RAN] 01.10.1957 - 09.01.1958 ... [on loan to RAN] * indexed, but not listed as such ** (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Crabbe, Lewis Gonne Eyre Son of late Brig.­Gen. Eyre Macdonald Stuart Crabbe, Grenadier Guards.	19.01.1882 London - 02.07.1951	A/S.Lt. 15.06.1901? S.Lt. 06.02.1902, seniority 15.06.1901 Lt. 30.09.1903 Cdr. 31.12.1915 Capt. 30.06.1922 R.Adm. 28.02.1934 V.Adm. 05.11.1937 (retd 17.06.1938; own request) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 28.07.1941 CB 03.06.1935 HM's birthday 35 CIE 03.06.1933 HM's birthday 33 CBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 DSO 17.03.1919 destroyer service Grand Fleet 07-11.18 MID 03.10.1944 3 years ocean convoys Comdn 15.09.1916 ?	15.01.1896     entered RN 1914 - 1919 served European War (despatches, DSO): Commanding Officer, HMS Ophelia (destroyer) 15.11.1918 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Stuart (flotilla leader) 15.09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Shakespeare (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 7th Destroyer Flotilla (Atlantic Fleet) 06.1927 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS Mackay (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 5th Destroyer Flotilla (Atlantic Fleet) 16.08.1927 - (08.)1929 Captain (D), Reserve Fleet, Rosyth & King's Harbour Master, Rosyth [HMS Greenwich] (04.1930) no posting listed 16.05.1930 - 1933 Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf [HMS Triad] 16.10.1933 - (01.1934) Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 30.09.1933 - (01.1934) Naval ADC to the King 07.05.1935 - (07.1935) Tactical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 23.08.1935 - 1938 Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, Yangtse [HMS Bee] (02.1938) - (06.1938) no posting listed 22.08.1939 - (04.)1940 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Liverpool [HMS Eaglet] (02.1941) no posting listed 28.07.1941 - (07.)1945 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
Crace, [Sir] John Gregory Son of late Edward Kendall Crace, Gininderra, NSW. Married (04.1920) Carola Helen, daughter of late Allan F. Baird, Glasgow; three sons.	06.02.1887 Gungahleen, NSW - 11.05.1968 [Longacre, Liss, Hants. ?]	Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1916 Cdr. 31.12.1920 Capt. 30.06.1928 R.Adm. 01.08.1939 (retd 29.10.1942?) V.Adm. (retd) 29.10.1942 Adm. (retd) 25.09.1945 (reverted to retd 07.1946?) KBE 01.01.1947 New Year 47 CB 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41	Education: King's School, Parramatta, NSW; HMS Britannia 15.05.1902 - 1905 entered RN's midshipman training college in England and joined the training ship HMS Britannia 26.01.1913 joined RAN 1914 - 1918 HMAS Australia (01.1919) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid] * 01.11.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 07.01.1927 - (07.1927) Fleet Torpedo Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Warspite (battleship)] 26.04.1929 - (04.1930) Commanding Officer, HMS Valhalla (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 24.04.1930 - (01.1932) Captain Anti-Submarine & Commanding Officer, HMS Osprey (anit-submarine school, Portland) 16.05.1932 - (01.1934) Director of Tactical Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.06.1934 - 1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies) (02.1937) no posting listed 05.04.1937 - (08.1939) Naval Assistent to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.01.1939 - 1939? ADC to the King 01.11.1939 - 30.03.1942 Rear-Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Perth] (Battle of the Coral Sea, 05.1942) 06.1942 returned to UK  [official date of discharge from RAN 04.10.1942] 15.10.1942 - 07.1946 Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] * indexed, but not listed as such
Cradock-Hartopp, [Sir] Kenneth Alston; 10th Baronet (cr. 1796) of Freathby, Leics Son of Maj. Louis Montague Cradock­Hartopp (died 1957) and Marjorie Somerville (née Watson; died1971). Succeeded cousin, 07.08.1996.  Married (1942) Gwendolyn Amy Lilian (née Upton); one daughter.	26.02.1918 - 08.06.2000 [Yeovil, Yeovilton, Somerset ?]	Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 06.11.1939, seniority 01.11.1938 Lt. 16.11.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. ? Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1947 (retd 01.08.1957) MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday DSC 23.12.1952 Korea (5th list) LM 26.04.1955 Korea 11.51-02.52	01.01.1937 - (02.1937) HMS Rodney (battleship) 29.06.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (04.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth 15.06.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Selkirk (minesweeper) 18.06.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) MTB 100 [HMS Hornet] 04.1941 - * Commanding Officer, MTB 49 [HMS Wasp] SO 11th MTB Flotilla Coastal Forces HQ (Highgate) MGB 324 [HMS Wasp] SO 14th MTB Flotilla 08.06.1942 - 07.1943 HMS Saker (RN base, USA) 13.07.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, MTB 277 (RIN) [16th MTB Flotilla] 23.02.1945 - (1946) HMS Onslow (destroyer) 20.02.1946 - (04.1946) naval staff, RN College, Eaton, Chester 16.11.1947 - (05.1950) Staff Officer, Sussex Division RNVR & in command, HMS Curzon (Hove, Sussex) 13.08.1951 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Taupo (frigate) (Korea) 03.01.1955 - (01.1956) First Lieutenant, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] * 06.1943 still listed as such, which is very unlikely, as he's also listed at HMS Saker then
Craig, Desmond Lisburn Curtis Son of Capt. the Rt. Hon. Charles Curtis Craig, PC, DL, JP (1869-1960), and Lilian Bowring Craig (died 1954), of Malmesbury, Wiltshire; husband of Josephine Nancie Craig, of Gewkerne, Somerset.	1904 ? Malmesbury, Wiltshire - 19.10.1940 [age 36] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 1]	Midsh. 15.05.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1924 S.Lt. 30.03.1925 Lt. 30.04.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1934	Education: RN College, Osborne (09.1917-...) 18.10.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Hawkins (light cruiser) (China) 01.01.1925 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (05.1926) no appointment listed 1926? - 1927? HMS Victoria and Albert (Royal yacht) 25.04.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Wishart (destroyer) (China & Mediterranean) 16.12.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Ganges (boys' training establishment, Shotley) [some period of illness in 1931] 09.08.1931 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Waterhen (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 11.01.1933 - (01.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Walker (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 31.08.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.09.1936 - (02.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Ambuscade (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 08.02.1937 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Acheron (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 08.02.1938 - (09.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Seamew (river gunboat) (China) (04.1940) no appointment listed 1940 - 19.10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Venetia (destroyer) (ship mined in Thames estuary)
Craig, Harry Graham	04.10.1905 Kensington, London, Middlesex - 12.02.1991 Freshwater, Isle of Wight	Midsh. 15.09.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1926 S.Lt. 26.07.1927, senioirity 30.08.1926 Lt. 30.03.1928 Lt.Cdr. 30.03.1936 (retd 04.10.1948) Cdr. (retd) 04.10.1948	15.09.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Dragon (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 08.04.1926 - 16.01.1927 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.01.1927 - (07.1927) promotion course, Portsmouth 24.03.1928 - (08.1929) HMS L 21 (submarine) (Mediterranean) 20.01.1930 - (04.)1930 First Lieutenant, HMS H 33 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 01.08.1930 - (09.1932) HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 04.05.1933 - (01.)1934 torpedo course, HMS Vernon 30.06.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 09.07.1935 - (07.1937) HMS Cyclops (depot ship) (Mediterranean) (and for flotilla duties, 1st Submarine Flotilla) (and for duty with submarines) 04.09.1937 - (02.)1939 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for Whitehead Department) 03.1939 - 28.06.1943 an Assistant Torpedo Development Officer, RN Torpedo Factory, Greenock 28.06.1943 - (04.1946) an Assistant Torpedo Development Officer, Torpedo Experimental Establishment, Greenock ? - (07.1948) a Torpedo Experimental Officer, HMS President [dated as from 12.04.1939]
Crane, Henry Berwick Son of George Percy Crane [?].	19.06.1894 Birlingham, Pershore district, Worcestershire - 06.11.1987 Richmond upon Thames, Surrey	Lt. 15.05.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1924 Cdr. 31.12.1929 Capt. 30.06.1937 (retd 05.07.1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. 12.1944 CBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46	15.05.1907     entered RN 16.09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) (China) 19.11.1926 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS L 71 (submarine) (08.1929) British Naval Mission to Greece 12.04.1930 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS Fermoy (minesweeper) (Portland) 12.01.1932 - (09.1932) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 05.01.1933 - (01.1934) Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship)] 27.12.1934 - (02.1937) Executive Officer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 04.11.1937 - (02.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) (06.1938) - (08.1938) no posting listed 08.08.1938 - (10.1938) Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 08.10.1938 - (02.1939) Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] (04.1939) no posting listed 06.05.1939 - 16.07.1941 lent to RAN: 27.06.1939 - 16.07.1941 HMAS Cerberus & as Captain Superintendent of Training 15.12.1941 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 09.1943 - (06.1944) Chief Staff Officer to Admiral Commanding Iceland [HMS Baldur] 12.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Golden Hind & Commodore RN Barracks, Sydney 02.01.1946 - 05.07.1946 Naval ADC to the King
Craske, Robert Hoyle "Bobby" Son of Robert Gerald and Ethel Craske, of Colchester, Essex.	(09?).1903 Colchester, Essex - 25.11.1941 [age 38] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1] [commerative plaque in his name in Westminster Abbey]	Midsh. 15.05.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1923 S.Lt. 12.03.1925, seniority 15.03.1924 Lt. 15.06.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1939 DSC 03.12.1940 for good services in rescue work during enemy aircraft attack Chroby 13.05.40 MID 03.02.1942 Battle of Cape Matapan	08.12.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Resolution (battleship) 18.08.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, Portsmouth 01.03.1926 - (05.1926) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Portsmouth) (07.1927) no appointment listed 03.12.1928 - (04.1930) Navigating Officer, HMS Delphinium (sloop) (Africa) 19.01.1931 - (02.)1931 First Class Ship course in navigation [HMS Dryad] 23.10.1931 - (01.)1932 Navigating Officer, HMS Keppel (flotilla leader) (China) 25.04.1932 - (09.1932) Navigating Officer, HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (01.1934) no appointment listed 26.01.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 14.01.1936 - (02.)1936 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 29.12.1936 - (09.)1939 Navigating Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport & China) 27.11.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolverine (destroyer) 30.11.1940 - (02.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Orion (cruiser) & as Squadron Navigating Officer on staff of Vice-Admiral Commanding Light Forces, Mediterranean Fleet 01.09.1941 - 25.11.1941 Squadron Navigating Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (battleship)] (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-331 in eastern Mediterranean)
Craven-Phillips, George Hutchison Son of Lt.-Col. George P.A. Phillips and Mrs. B.D. Craven Phillips; husband of Kathleen Cecil Babette Craven Phillips, of Chapelthorpe, Yorkshire.	1905 ? - 15.02.1942 (KIA) [age 37] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 63, column 1]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 30.11.1924 Lt. (E) 30.08.1926 Lt.Cdr. (E) 30.08.1934 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1938	04.05.1922 - (01.1925) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 07.04.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies, temp. attached China Station) 02.12.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training ship and turret drill ship, Devonport) (for duty with Special Entry cadets) 12.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 11.12.1931 - (09.1932) Assistant Engineering Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 09.05.1933 - (01.1934) Engineering Officer, HMS Ambuscade (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 05.1934 - (02.1936) Engineering Officer, HMS Firedrake (destroyer) (Home Fleet) [in charge while under construction till 19.10.1934; ship 04.06.1935 commissioned] 07.11.1936 - (02.1939) Enigineering Officer, HMS Shoreham (patrol sloop) & for divisional engineering duties, Persian Gulf (04.1939) - (08.1939) no posting listed (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm (02.1941) HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton) * ? - 15.02.1942 ML 433 * indexed, but not listed as such
Crawford, Alexander John Son of John and Helen Mary Hilda Crawford, of Moffat, Dumfriesshire.	1922 ? - 16.02.1947 [age 25] [Beith New Burial Ground, section D, grave 229]	Cadet 01.01.1940 Midsh. (E) 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1942 S.Lt. (E) 01.04.1943 A/Lt. (E) 06.1943? Lt. (E) 30.06.1944, seniority 16.02.1943	(02.1941) no posting listed (08.1942) - (12.1943) no posting listed 04.01.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Kent (cruiser) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no posting listed ? - 16.02.1947 HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch)
Crawford, George David	30.04.1897 Devonport, Devon - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998	Seaman ? [M34254] T/A/Wt.Shipwr. 27.08.1942 T/Wt.Shipwr. = T/Cd.Shipwr. ?, seniority 27.08.1942 (retd 1945/46)	02.11.1942 - (04.1944) HMS Philoctetes (destroyer depot ship) (06.1944) no posting listed 08.09.1944 - (07.1945) H